Fluid-handling mechanism.



G. H GHBSON.

FLUID HANDLING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.20.'1914.

13 29 Patented 35111.18, 1911s.

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L4 INVENTOR ATTORNEY j WITNESSES G. H. GIBSON.

FLUID HANDLING MESHANISMA 1 Zi g APPLICATION FILED )Armo, 1914. 9 z If} 9 5 Q Rfientefl Jan. 18, 1916.

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WITNESSES 7 ATTORNEY G. H. GIBSON.

FLUID HANDLING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN 20, I914 Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

ATTORNEY 4 SHEETSSHEET 3 G. H. GiBSON.

FLUID HANDLING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20,1914.

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which air entering the apparatus through the inlet C is compressed and set in motion by water or some other liquid admitted to the chamber B throu h the peripheral inlet B under pressure. 'he water or other impelling fluid thus entering the chamber B tangentially at the periphery of the latter under a suitable pressure, passes through a spiral path to theoutlet B As the radius 'of gyration of the path decreases, the-velocity of flow of the impelling fiuid increases in accordance with the law of conservation of moment of momentum. The increase in velocity and kinetic energy of the'impelling the apparatus is well adapted for maintain ing a vacuum. For instance, the inlet 0' I may be connected to the air outlet from .a

vacuum condenser, and the device used to vacuum in the condenser.

- will i$ue from the chamber B- through the outlet B at such ahigh tangential velocity fluid in passing through the chamber B is accompanied 'by a corresponding reduction in pressure and potential energy, and the apparatus may,readily be so designedthat the static pressure of'the' water when discharged at therentral outlet B' from the chamber B will. be practically m'Z, so that withdraw the air from and maintain the designed and operated apparatus the water that the waterwill 'be discharged into the chamberCin the .form hf a line mist-,'which is its most eflicient form for, the .efiicient f andquantitative admixture therewith of air entering the chamber 0 through the inlet C. As the mixture of air and water vapor thus formed passes outward toward the periphery oi the chamber C, it acquires a difl'user chambers of apparatus generally spiral movement and consequently it loses velocity and increasesinpressure, and thus may be discharged through the outlet C against a pressure in the inlet 0.. I

It will be apparentdf course that when sucha device as is' shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is used at the air outlet of a condenser, the

water servin g'as the impellingfluid forms anefiective condensin agent for disposing of the'steam'mix'ed. wi the air entering'the ap aratus'. j I

--ressure reducing and compressing or Y. ihe samegin purpose and modeof operation I .as that shown in Fig. 1, maybe shaped and relatively arranged in many difi'erent ways;

and-in Figs. 3, 4 and5 I have shown three modified forms of apparatus of this general kind. Thedevice AB- shown in Fig. 3 is of a form especially adalptedfor use in moving "relatively large volumes of air with but slight .change'ih ressure, byf'm'eans' of a comparatively 'sma 1 volume of impelling air supplied at high pressure. In'the apparatus shown in Fig. 3 high pressure impelling air -,1$' admitted-with a considerable tangential With properly substantially above that in the velocity to the base or larger end of alien nular chamber BB, which is formed between the two coaxial conical walls of a chambered member A. Air issuing with a high circumferential velocity from the smaller end of the-chamber BB has the component of its velocity parallel to the elements'of the conical Walls of themember A reversed by the chamber CB with little change in pressure."

The device shown in Fig. 3unchanged except' preferably in proportions may be used as an air moistener, in which case water under'pre'ssure will be supplied to the chamber BB through pi e B. v

The apparatus sh bwn in Fig.4 is suitable 'for use in the same general manner as that shown in Fig. 3,'but differs therefrom in that the impelling liquid, passing through the chamber BO formed between coaxial conical walls is discharged into' an annular chamber CC which is formed between acone A anda surrounding conical member A",

4 without the reversal in flow characteristic of the apparatus shown in Fig.3. In Fig. 3 'the apices of the various conical surfaces all point in the s be direction, whereas in Fig. r

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and asses from the chamber CG into the chem 'r 'BG-"at ahigh angular velocity v about the axis'of the passage C. Under the action of centrifugal forcethe oil parti- :cles previouslycarried'in suspension by the steam are thrown against the wall of the passage C", and travel spirally along the latter to the discharge end of the passage until they reach the annular port A,

whereupon they pass intb" the chamber 'A.' The coil thus collected in the chamber I A passes through a seal pipeH into the reservoir I, and the latter also receives through the pipe it any oil-which may colhot in the'ichamber CG. I will be understood of course that the apparatus; must be (ted that liquid seals will be maintained in the seal loops h zind 'H', andthe only flow'through these pipes will be that of the liquid entering the p pz shfrom the chambers CG and- A.

I ile I consider it preferable in most, ifnot in all cases to impart a high tangential velocity to the fluid delivered to the inlet of thecompressingchamber of apparatus ei'nbodying my invention, by passing the fluid. through an annular velocity increasin and pressure reducing chamber, as'in-the ifier ent forms he r e inb e fol e*described, it is' possi ble .to. employjother'means for discharging sage O tta thechamlierBG; The seal pipe fluid ata high tangential velocity into the inlet of such acompressing chamber; 31nd,

ap aratus of thischaracter.

in Figs. 9 to 12 I have shown two forms of 7 n the apparatus shown in Figs: 9- and:

,10, the device AH is intended for use as an air ejector, and comprises aninlet chamber.-

B! for water or other motivefluid which is'supplied to the chamber at such a pres-Q sure that the water i'ss uing fromthe latter through the tangential ports B will havethe desired velocity. The tangential streams of water thus discharged through the ports B pass into a surrounding compressing chamber G 9 having a tangential outlet C and provided also with an inlet ()"for the air tobe injected. .The inlet C 'communicates with the chamber C "and surrounds the portion of the chamber-B in which the ports B are formed. The operation-of the apparatus shown in Figs; 9' and 10-'is essem, tially the same as the a'pparatus" shown in Figs. 1 and 2 except in so. far-as the parq ticular meansare concerned-by whichthe water is supplied to the compressing chamber; It is not possible, however, to obtain. as fine an initial subdivision of the water particles entering the compressingchamberl 1 with the apparatus shown Figs. -9 and 10 as may be hadv with the apparatusof Fi s. 1 and 2.

he device AI shown in Figs. 11 andlft, is intended for use ,as an aspirator, in much the same manner as are the devices shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. The compressing cham: ber' CI is shown asformed of internal-and external members A and A. similarto'- i the corresponding members of the device 4 AC shown in'Fig; 4. The impellin "fluidf; in the device shown in Figs. 11 an 12 is given its desired tangential velocity at the inlet to' the chamber CI by bein passed through the tangential inlet 13 into the curved chamber 13 which opens to the chamber CI'thr ughQthe outlet B which is in the form of ane'arly complete circle having its center infline with the axis of the chamber CI. s V p My invention is well adapted for use in humidifying air or 'i1 r cooling water by .water fromthe well and discharginginto I spraying-the water to be cooled into atmospheric air or other gaseouscool ng medium.

One example of apparatusofthis particular kind is shown in Fig. 13 wherein O represents a well or reservoir of :1 condensing plant and ,P represents a pump drawing the tangential inlet of avelocity'increasiug j compressing chamber CB-.

chamber BB of. a device AJ, the chamber 13B- of which discharges in turn, into the I The chambers BB? and; GB correspond in .sha-peand general arrangement to the chambers. BB-and GB of' Fig. 3. A fan Q delivers high pres- H sure airinto'the periphcralinlet of a cham,-.

her 3D which discharges into t; e chamber CB and bears the some general relation to the letter as does the chamber Bl) to the chamber ill) in Fig. is in operation the high pressure air and Water discharged from the chambers 'BD and BB" into the chamber (13' draw air into the latter chamber through the inlet .Af and this air, as well as that passing through chamberv ED is highly cll crtii'e in abstracting heat from and is humidified by the Water sprayed into the chamber i'll. At the bottom of the chamber (1 the Water may fall back into the Well (1 u'hic the air may escape to the atmosphere in the spaces between the courses or baiiies A.

The device AK shown in Fig. 14: is of the same general character and for the some general purpose as that shown in Fig. 13, but the chambers BB and CB corresponding to the chambers BB and GB of Fig. 13, are inrerted and the, low pressure air inlet A is at the bottom of the chamber CB To insure an effective removal of Water from the air leaving the device, the chamber CB proper extenced at its upper end'to form a converging or velocity increasing chamber 0'" and a compressing chamber C and water collecting chambers A and A are provided. The chamber surrounds the air channel formed by chambers CB 0 and C and opens to this channel at the top of the chamber C33 Similarly the chamber A surrounds the air channel and opens to the late at the top of the chamber (1 R represents drain piping leading from the chambers A and A back to'well O. The Water discharged into the air channel runs buck to the well 0 along the outer Wall of the channel or through chambers A and A and piping. in this form the natural updraft and the aspira'sing efiect of the water jet are relied upon to give the desired flow of air through the apparatus. It will be understood of course that the fan Q and chamber ED or 13 maybe dispensed with in some cases.

In Fig. 15 l have illustrated the use of my invention in device AL adapted to. give draft to the furnace gases passing through it and also to utilize the high peripheral velocity imparted to the gases for separating cinders out of the gas. In Fig. 15, 1 represents a main smoke fine and S the the chamber BB which discharges in turn into the chamber CB The chamber BB and fan :QA form effective draft producing means. Cinders passing through the chamber CB and impelled by centrifugal force against the outer wall hereof enter the surrounding collection chamber A and are discharged through the pipe A into the vessel A which contains Water sealing the lower end of the pipe A.

While in accordance with the provisions of the statutes 1 have illustrated and de scribed the best forms of my invention now known to me, it- Will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changesmey be made in the form of apparatus disclosed Without departing from the spirit of my invention; and that under some conditions certain features of my invention may be used without a corresponding use of other features.

Having now described my invention, whet 1 claim as new and desire to secure by lies ters Patent, is:

1. A fluid jet ejector comprising 's. stew tionary annular chamber having a periph cral outletund a central inlet for the impel ling fluid and the fluid ejected, and stationary means for discharging the impelling fluid into said chamber said means comprising a discharge orifice through which the impelling fluid is discharged With a. high Velocit tangential to a circle coaxial with said chamber and with such direction of how as to carry the impelling fluid directly insosaid chamber.

2. A device for the purpose specified comprising a stationary annular velocity 1n creasing chamber having a. tangential peripheral inlet and a central outlet, and is stationary annular compressing chamber having a peripheral outlet and open can: trally to receive the tangential discharge from the outlet of the first mentioned charm her and to permit, the passage through one of said chambers of a fluid not flowing through the other. i

' 'GEQRGE H. GIBSON. Witnesses PAUL A. BAUCEL, STANLEY D. Brown. 

